I imagine there will be one such solution for your and your atomizer but you'll have to figure it out.
If the tank is flooded, use deflooding techniques to like, say (if bottom airflow) blow gently through the airholes with a napkin at the ready to catch what has gotten into the chimney, for example. If you are getting dry hits, could be your coil is stuffed too tightly in the coil (either a drop in coil or one you make) could try loosening up cotton in your coils with a few judicious needle pokes and etc. Could also try adjusting wattage and airflow, lots of things you could TRY but many things can occur to cause these two states and you'll sort of have to experiment..
Anna